FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA
Staff Sgt. Cade Yandell stands in front of a KC-10 Extender at Travis Air Force Base, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. He recently attended the 509th Weapons Squadron’s 15-week Advanced Instructor Course at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. The course focused on the KC-135 Stratotanker. (Chustine Minoda/U.S. Air Force file photo)
Travis sergeant adds to family’s flying lore
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE Aviation history runs in the blood of Staff Sgt. Cade Yandell.
The sergeant at Travis Air Force Base is the descendent of several generations of flyers – his father, who received his pilot’s license at 15, an uncle who flew commercially and a grandfather who taught a generation of flyers, including Amelia Earhart.